Mud-guard.



J. CRUES.

MUD GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. m. 1912.

Patented. Aug 25, 1914.

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To all whom it"may' concern:

vBe'it known'that l, JAMEs Crone, citizen of the UnitedStates, residingat hloberly, in the county or Randolph and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Inn provements in Mud-Guards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to inud guards or scrapers, the object in viewbeing to provide a deviceof the class described which may be readilyapplied to the ardent a vehicle, arid which embodies ample adjustmentfor the purpose of bringing the guard or scraper proper into the desiredrelation to the wheel rim and tire, also enablin the device as awholetobe adjusted to wheels of diilerent s1zes.-

' With the above and other objects in view,-

the invention consists inthe construction, combination andarrangenientof parts, aswill be hereinafter more, fully. described, illus- Idrawings, andrated in the accompany ng pointed out in the claim hereuntoappended.

straddle the main I in holdingthe two overlapping portions in.

3 the connection between I army at th In the drawin 's: Figure 1 isaview, showing the device 0? this invention in elevation and appliedtothe axle and wheel of the vehicle. Fig. 2 is a-perspective view of thedevice completely detached. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the fixedsupporting arm. Fig. 4 is as'imilar view of the adjustable cutter arm.Fig.5 is a similar view of the cutter. Fig. 6 is a detail sectionshowing the cutter and its supporting arm. y

lhe device contemplated in this invention comprises essentially a mainsupporting arm 1 which is made comparatively heavy, lower end thereofbeiugprovided with holes 2 to receive the end portions of the Urshapedclip 3, on the. extremities of which are threaded nuts' i; .This adaptsthe supporting arm 1 to be firmly secured'to a vehicle axle, adjacent tothe wheel thereof, and at the inner side of the wheel.

5' esignates a' cutter arm of any suitable leng't which overlaps themain supporting V e inner side thcreoi as shown, and is provideditt itslower'extreniity with. oppositely arranged guide lugs or ears 6, whichsupporting arm and assist longitudinal alinement witheach other.

"' a fasteningscrew which 4- designates passes'through a hole in thecutter arm and 5 is threaded into any one oi" a series of holes in saidarm to a vehicle wheel axle,

.held against rotation thereby, and

a lication filed au ust 23, 1912. Serial No. waves.

8 in the main supporting arm, as shown.

This orovides for len thenin and shorten the device as a whole, in orderto bring" ing the guard or cutter into the proper relation to the wheelrim and tire. At its upper end, the cutter arm is bent and extendedlaterally, as shown at 9, and tending portion is provided with alongitudginal slot 10 which receivesthe squared shank 11 of a bifurcatedscraper or cutter 12, the two arms 13 of which work on opposite sides ofthe tire and rim, so as to scrape the mud therefrom and prevent the samefrom accumulating around the rim and tire. Above and beneath the slottedlateral P01" tion of the cutter arm, are placed on the squared shank ofthe cutter, the cutter being held against displacement by means of a nut16, which. holds the washer ll against a shoulder 11 on the shank of thecu terl so to allow a "free back and forth movement ofgoing'descriptio'n, that when the device is properly applied to an axleand wheel, the bifurcated cutter will accommodate itself to the wheel,and to any irregularities therein, "in case the wheel is not perfectlytrue. This prevents injuring the wheel and the finish thereof, andresults in eli'ecting the scrap ing of the mud from the rim and tire, asfast as it is picked up from the ground.

What is claimed is:

An attachment for vehicles involving the combination of a supporting armhaving a laterally extending end portion provided with a longitudinalslot, means and a so f-adjusting wheel rim straddling cutter having asquared and shouldered'shank slidable freely back retaining nut, theshoulder of said. shank serving to limit the tightening of the nut forthe purpose set forth, wherehythe cutter is preventedfroni tiltingrelatively to said supporting arm.

In testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence oi two witnesses.

JAMES lVitnesses 2 Prmnns K. [5. hi. .lnosshn;

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washers i l and 15x such laterally er..-

"is r I the cutter lengthwise of the slot in the'lateral extension ofthe cutter for iastenand forth in said slot and I a shank;

